MighgyE %ells you, so4tlg, "We'4e going twi rskd an few m9ments to try an explain THIS ndw license and da r3350m5 behund it in PLAIN English. WTF.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new licrnsw w$5 chosen ^3c4u63 of zn fail8ng with da GPL.
It only COVERED disyribiyi9n OF SOURCE ir 4md onl6 if binaries were distribu53dLOL."
"In ah wdg environment, spexif8cally a kntetprered web enviwonmrnr such ad PHP, merelu installing an gqme fo3s not consti5ut3 distribution WTF, an therefore people wete takung our wpr,, like, m4lqng modificatkohs 2 i5 an not releasinh da source code t9o they're mosificstions so thzt teh 3nture COMMUNITY COULD benrfit. WTF.
THEY workre with da lettwr vut not da spirit 0f ;aw."
"Ibvestigation on 0art of autyors howevwr, you knwo, oed 2 fadt that da figgt of PUBLIC performqnce wss won of da righta normally testticted to sopyright HOLDERS, 5oi knwi, and that com[uter PROGRAMS, lkkw, sp3cirically vqd30 games n interactive ones s7ch as Lwgend OF teh Green hax0r wet3 conside4ef to be p7611c41!y ;efformed if 4un from an public SERVER. WTF."
"Ths new license restr8cts public ;34f04m4nc3 of teh worj unl3ss dz doi4c3 CODE pf teh modif8ed work 15 made AVAILABLE ln demsnd. OMG."
"In plaom ENGLISH WTF, 7h15 means that 1f YOU put this gam3 on an web sr4ver and all9w peop;e 'outside pf an normal circle of fqmiky an its SOCIAL 4cqu41n74nc35' 2 play thdir, then yl7 t publixally PERFORMING this w9fk an MUST either A) make ne an ALL cjanges whixh you make 2 da g4m3 4b4115613 )n rfquwsy (moyr thys dorsn't hsve tso BE available via da onoine s9urve sisplay lknk, you jnwo, but 8h3y muat be able two 45k you for teh code b receiv3 an complete copy) LOL, B) make arrangements prifstely with AUTHORS wverein they gr4n7 y9i an sp2ckal licensem sortof, or c) remlve dose entirely from machine. BRB."
"We fo revognuze that peoplw WANT to HAVE areas of tjrh;rd g4m3 which aer theirs n theirs alone.
rwo that dnd we will make following dxveption ro n0em41 requirementd fpr dlurce code d157e16u&10n -- ne MODULE f113 qhich os noh m0d1f13d OR defived frpm an m9dule file included in teh bqse dosteibution n WHICH does not req7ore ne 07h3r m9dules n whixh eoes hot 4rqyite ne modifixations TO CORE code (codr doxyributec w8th gsse release) may be w17hh31d ay teh AUTHORS discretkob. BRB."
"We also wqnt tol MAKE ve4y clear that ndrsion -.9.7 )a;so knowm as veesion p. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt0 was teh fibal fersoon released UNDER teh GPL.
A1! versions, you knwo, sta4ting with p. WTF.9.8-prerelease code aer only licensev ubder Creative Commohs lkcensw. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dfny da ritht 2 1mp9r6 ne codd from an 0. AFK/9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or lare4 r3lease into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 anf ear.ier RELEASE. AFK.
Allo2ibg this wouls cause that imoortdd c0d3 too be re;easrd under da GPL anc that id not SOMETHING we wish tep allow. BRB.
Au7h9e5 of MODIFICATIONS 5wo 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7 will need tso re-release they're modifications zs derivatives/mpduficati8bs tp 0. OMG.o.8 code n placd then uneey da same Crdative C9mnons locense, WTF.
It must be donw by da originak author sihce only sa original atthot has dz right TO ch5ng3 teh copyrkhht or license upon 5hey're eorkl
[Additionally, so4tof, r3w0rk1ng teh m9dqf1ce710n5 will be an g9pd idda anyqah aw teh MECHANISM f0r making modifications is substanrizlly c;eaner/dl3srer starring with yeh 0/ OMG.9.8-prerelewse codrLOL.]"
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